Behind the Mic: How to Craft a Great Podcast
- Date
- December 03, 2025
- Time
- 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET
- Location
- Allan Slaight Radio Institute, Rogers Communication Centre, 80 Gould Street
- Open To
- The Creative School Students
Learn industry tips and tricks on how to make a great podcast from podcast pros Cesil Fernandes and Chris Oke.
Podcast Executive Producers Cesil Fernandes and Chris Oke pull back the curtain to share essential tips for creating the best podcast possible. Drawing from their experience with over 100 series, they’ll dive into the nitty-gritty of great audio storytelling—from pitching to development, gathering sound in the field to secrets of story structure and sound design.
Chris Oke, Executive Producer
Chris is Executive Producer of Content at CBC Podcasts, having worked primarily on investigative and long-form series such as Someone Knows Something, Hunting Warhead and Brainwashed. Chris got his start at the Yukon News and went on to report from Argentina and Tanzania, freelancing for Agence France-Presse, The Economist and The Globe & Mail, among others. His poetry has also appeared in a variety of literary journals and anthologies.
Cesil Fernandes
Cesil is Executive Producer of Production and Sound Design for CBC Podcasts, managing titles such as Someone Knows Something and Uncover. Before creating one of the studio’s first original series, Back Story, Cesil traveled Canada and the world for CBC News, covering stories from the Papal Conclave to the Sochi Winter Olympics. He’s covered elections in Canada and the US and his reports from the remote island of Eleuthera shone a light on over-fishing in the Bahamas. Cesil is a graduate of the RTA School of Media from the class of 2009.